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{
    "time": "2021-05-20 15:00:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Ted Falk",
        "fr": "M. Ted Falk"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6753354\" data-originallang=\"en\">Thank you.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6753355\" data-originallang=\"en\">I think everyone on this committee, and I'm sure all Canadians, recognize the importance of child care. The <a data-HoCid=\"263831\" href=\"/politicians/chrystia-freeland/\" title=\"Chrystia Freeland\">finance minister,</a> when she testified at committee and was asked about child care, indicated that she was privileged to be able to have her grandparents offer child care for her in her growing-up years. That's something a lot of folks across our country have, and in this current program it isn't being recognized or rewarded. There are folks who legitimately need to have day care services outside of family and friends, and they don't have those connections or opportunities. We need to make sure that folks like them have options as well. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6753356\" data-originallang=\"en\">Would you agree that how parents decide to provide child care for their children should be a parental decision?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6753354\" data-originallang=\"en\">Merci.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6753355\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Je pense que tout le monde au Comit\u00e9, au m\u00eame titre, j'en suis s\u00fbr, que tous les Canadiens, reconna\u00eet l'importance des services de garde. Lorsqu'elle a t\u00e9moign\u00e9 devant le Comit\u00e9 et a \u00e9t\u00e9 questionn\u00e9e au sujet des services de garde, la <a data-HoCid=\"263831\" href=\"/politicians/chrystia-freeland/\" title=\"Chrystia Freeland\">ministre des Finances</a> a dit qu'elle \u00e9tait privil\u00e9gi\u00e9e que ses grands-parents aient offert de s'occuper d'elle lorsqu'elle grandissait. C'est quelque chose qui est \u00e0 la port\u00e9e de beaucoup de personnes dans le pays, et dans le cadre du programme actuel, cela n'est ni reconnu ni r\u00e9compens\u00e9. Il y a des gens qui ont l\u00e9gitimement besoin de recourir \u00e0 des services de garde \u00e0 l'ext\u00e9rieur des membres de leur famille et de leurs amis et qui ne jouissent pas de ces liens ou de ces occasions. Nous devons nous assurer que ces gens-l\u00e0 ont aussi des options.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6753356\" data-originallang=\"en\">Seriez-vous d'accord pour dire que la fa\u00e7on dont les parents d\u00e9cident de fournir des services de garde \u00e0 leurs enfants devrait \u00eatre une d\u00e9cision parentale?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/committees/finance/43-2/48/ted-falk-4/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/ted-falk/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4162/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "11328642",
    "document_url": "/committees/finance/43-2/48/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fcommittees%2Ffinance%2F43-2%2F48%2F"
    }
}